Supreme Court Justice Kennedy to speak at 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals conference on Maui

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was scheduled to speak at the opening session Monday afternoon of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judicial conference on Maui.

Kennedy is among dozens of legal experts who will address the some 600 judges, attorneys, guests and staff from nine western states who are gathering at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa this week for meetings and panel discussions.

Among the events on the schedule are panel discussions about electronic tracking and privacy, and tracking and the government.

On Thursday, the last day of the conference, New York University law school professor Arthur Miller will moderate a panel discussing federal law and professional sports that will include New York Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson, Alan Ostfield, president of the North Atlantic-New York and Philadelphia for entertainment company Live Nation, DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the National Football League Players Association and Michael Weiner, executive director and general counsel of the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Monday’s opening session also will recognize Japanese-American soldiers who fought in World War II, with Maui native Eichi Oki, a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and father of Hawaii’s Chief U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway, leading the Pledge of Allegiance.